Nobel odds or Who will be awarded the Nobel Literature Prize

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--- David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> And this comment (below) is one of many anti-Oates ones.  I hope, now
> that I've ordered "Them," that she's not as bad as their antipathy
> suggests.
> 

the reason I said _them_ is po-mo is that the author 
intrudes into the story as a character.  
That is actually one of the very few features of 
postmodernism that I would recognize a morsos fundamento from.
 Isn't it? (gee, maybe it isn't...)

Hope I didn't misguide you...

I'm not as widely read as I'd like, but imho she's as good as any 
and better than most.  (though I'm truly, truly not into 
"ranking" authors) 

I think these smatterings from Wikipedia are fair and accurate:

"...mixes Gothic estrangement with high social observation....
unconscious forces, seduction, incest, violence, and rape, 
sometimes to the point of sensationalism. She has written 
in a variety of genres, eras and landscapes....contain 
strong feminist overtones and use of the Gothic device 
to explore the ambiguities of gender and the sexual bases 
of fantasy."

I would add that she tends to adopt the point of
view of the preterite, or focus on the activities
of the suffering, with what I consider to be
great compassion and insight.

There may be political reasons, gender bias, and/or envy (of 
her prolixity & commercial success) behind negative 
comments, possibly?

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